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	IN THIS ISSUE » New for Developers: Sun Community Champions » Participate with Java Studio Creator » May the Darkstar Force Be with You TECHIE TALK » Sun Sees SPOTs in Its Future Experiment with wireless sensors that run Java programming applications with Project Sun SPOT (Sun Small Programmable Object Technology)   » Meet Tommy, the Java Technology-Powered Dune Buggy Watch PBS Nova to see Tommy and other driverless vehicles compete in the 130-mile Great Robot Race, with a $2 million grand prize on the line INTERNET GAMING » May the Darkstar Force Be with You Sun helps game developers focus on their game instead of their infrastructure with Project Darkstar, new technology for scaling massively multi-player online games   » Soup Up Your Cell If mobile Java technology-based games are your thing, don't miss the new mobile.java.com Web site to download games, mobile applications, maps, and more View Past Issues	New Program for Developers: Sun Community Champions Hear from some of the most brilliant stars in the Sun developer community on their successes with key technologies and products. This month features Xu Bin, assistant professor at China's Tsinghua University, and Ben Rockwood, founder of Cuddletech Labs and a pioneer in the OpenSolaris.org community. Find out more... We'll share with you and we'd like you to not only share with us, but share Student Connection with your friends and fellow students. This e-zine's for you, students. Give us your suggestions, cool sites we should share with others, or any other feedback at: Student_Connection@sun.com.   OPEN MINDS   » Open Services: The Next Big Thing Sun CTO Greg Papadopoulos talks about what's next after open source software. Get in on the ground floor.     » Participate With Java Studio Creator Participate in the Java Studio Creator Developer-to-Developer community and get help, help others, or just meet and greet     » $1/CPU-hr Gets You on the Sun Grid Utility The $1/CPU-hr Sun Grid Utility is open. Take a test drive, create an account, start running jobs, and get your results! Check it out!     CODER'S TOOLBOX   » Learn about NetBeans in this Cool Presentation Sun's Roman Strobl, NetBeans evangelist, tells why you should be using NetBeans as a platform for building your applications     » Java EE 5 Platform Makes Developer's Life Easier A conversation with Sun Distinguished Engineer Bill Shannon on improving performance and productivity with the successor to J2EE     » Mac, Don't Feel Left Out Sun delivers NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5 for Mac OS X developers, plus the new Java Web Services Developer Pack 2.0     SOLARIS OS, UNDER THE HOOD   » "Solaris Is Better Linux than Linux" Says Marc Andreessen, Mr. Browser and founder of Ning, a consumer Internet company that specializes in customizable social networking environments     » Need to Know More about Administering Solaris 10? Whether you're a Solaris OS newbie or have a black belt in DTrace, Sun's BigAdmin portal is your best friend. Check out its gold mine of system administration resources     DON'T MISS THIS!   » Tech Days Continue: We're Coming to Russia and South Africa Advance your development skills with cutting-edge technical education in cities around the world     » Last Chance: JavaOne Is Next Month! Further your education at the JavaOne conference, May 16-19 in San Francisco. Special academic pricing is available. Contact 866-382-7151 (U.S. and Canada) or +1-650-226-0820 (international) for more information

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